Railroad-track.



W. H. OSTRANDER.

BAILROAD TRAGK.

APPLIOATION FILED SEPT. 14, 1910.

Patented Dec. 6, 1910.

UNITED STATES P'ENT OFFICE.

WILLIAM H. OSTRANDER, OF POUGHKEEPSIE, NEW YORK, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-THIRDTO BENJ'AMIN WEISBERGER, OF POUGHKEEPSIE, NEW YORK.

RAILROAD-TRACK.

p To all 'whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, VVILLIAM H. Os- TRANDER, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at Poughkeepsie, in the county of Dutchess, State ofNew York, have invented certain new and useful Improvemcnts inRailroad-Tracks; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full,clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enableothers sklled in the art to which it appertains to make and use thesame.

This invention relates to railroacl tracks.

The object of the invention resides in the construction of a railroadtrack which will efficiently prevent the spreading of the rails thereofand the consequent accidents resulting from such derangement of therails.

A further object of the invention resides in the provision of a railroadtrack which will insure the safe passage of the rolling stock thereover,and which will be simple in construetion, durable in use andcomparatively inexpensive to install.

With the above and other objects in View the invention consists in thedetails of construction and in the arrangement and combination of partsto be hereinafter more fully described and particularly pointed out inthe appended claim.

In describing the invention in detail reference will be had to theaccompanying drawings wherein like characters of reference denotecorresponcling parts in the several Views; and in whichi cured in theusual manner.

Figure 1 is a plan View of a section of a railroad track constructed inaccordance with the invention; and Fig. 2, a section on the line 2--2 ofF g. 1.

Referring to the drawings the improved track is shown as comprising apair of rails 10 and 11 which are supported upon a plurality of spacedties 12 to which they are se- These ties 12 are disposed diagonally ofthe rails 10 and 11 in order that the opposite wheels of the rollingstock passing over the track will not be disposed upon a given tie at'the same instant. By this Construction the spreading of the rails 10 and11 is prevented owing to the fact that the bowing of the ties 12 -attheir center by the simultaneous passage of opposite wheels of therollin stock over any given tie is obviated. ThlS bowing ofSpecification of Letters Patent.

Application filed September 14, 1910.

Patented Dec. 6, 1910.

Serial No. 5s2,o39.

the ties which is 'common in cases where the rails and ties are disposedat right angles to each other causes the outer side of rail base to bedriven into the tie and said rails thus moved from their trueperpendicular position. In applicant s structure the penetration of thete by the outer edge of the rail base is prevented as a result of theapplication of opposed wheels of the rolling stock to a given tie atdifferent intervals. In the structure herein illustrated the possibilityof the outer edge of the rail bases penetrating the tie is furtherobviated by providing adjacent the outer side of one of the rails aplurality of vertical supports 13 formed preferably of cement. Havingone end seated upon the supports 13 is a plurality of metallic bars 14.These bars extend between the ties 12 and beneath and slightly beyondthe adjacent rail. The end of each bar which is disposed between therails 10 and 11 is provided with an integral lug 15 the contour of theinner face of which follows the contour of the inner side face of theadjacent rail. Mounted upon the bar 14 by means of bolts 16 is a block17 which engages the outer side face of the adjacent rail and followsthe contour thereof. The bar 14; and its connections with the railserves to resist any tendency of the rail to move out of its trueperpenclieular and in this respect enlances the safety of the trackage.

What is claimed is:

In a railroad track, the combination of a pair of rails, a plurality ofspaced ties supporting said rails, a vertical sup ort located adjacentthe outer side of one o the rails, a metallic bar having one end restinon said support, and its other end clispose between a pair of ties andprovided with an integral lug, the inner face of which follows thecontour of and engages the inner face of the adjacent rail, and ametallic block Secured to said bar, the inner face of which follows thecontour of and engages the outer face of said adjacent rail.

In testimony whereof, I aflix my signature, in presence of twowitnesses.

WILLIAM H. OSTRANDER.

Witnesses:

BENJ. M. FowLER, FRANK I-IAsBRoUoK.

